NEWS: Explosion Reported at LAX, Airport Closed, Reported Bomb Threat

Terminals 6, 7, 8 shut down because of security breach and a separate incident at the Tom Bradley International Terminal. There are reports that the
incident was an explosion involving a "flashlight" type device. At least 7 have been reported injured. However, there is still much confusion and
lack of official confirmation on these reports. They are evacuating the airport. This is a breaking story.

Los Angeles International Airport was shut down early Saturday because of a possible security breach and a separate incident at an international
terminal security screening station, an airport spokesman said.

No information was immediately available on the incident at Tom Bradley International Terminal, airport spokesman Harold Johnson said.

Officials also did not explain the possible security breach that shut down terminals 6, 7 and 8. The terminals are connected.

Flights were not being allowed to depart, but inbound flights were being allowed to land, said Paul Turk, spokesman for the Federal Aviation
Administration (news - web sites). Passengers were not taken off the planes.

Los Angeles International Airport (search) was shut down early Saturday because of a possible security breach and a separate incident at an
international terminal security screening station, an airport spokesman said.

No information was immediately available on the incident at Tom Bradley International Terminal (search), airport spokesman Harold Johnson said.

Officials also did not explain the possible security breach that shut down terminals 6, 7 and 8. The terminals are connected.

Flights were not being allowed to depart, but inbound flights were being allowed to land, said Paul Turk, spokesman for the Federal Aviation
Administration (search). Passengers were not taken off the planes.

Los Angeles International Airport was shut down early Saturday because of a possible security breach and a separate incident at an international
terminal security screening station, an airport spokesman said.

No information was immediately available on the incident at Tom Bradley International Terminal, airport spokesman Harold Johnson said.

Officials also did not explain the possible security breach that shut down terminals 6, 7 and 8. The terminals are connected.

Flights were not being allowed to depart, but inbound flights were being allowed to land, said Paul Turk, spokesman for the Federal Aviation
Administration. Passengers were not taken off the planes.

Viray had no additional information about the security breach but said the scare at the international terminal apparently came when a flashlight
battery exploded as it was being screened by a Transportation Security Administration worker.

"When it was going through screening, the TSA individual touched it and at that point it exploded," she said.

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Tom Bradley Terminal
The entire Airport is closed at 12:10 EST.
Traffic being diverted, two incidents today.
Flights cannot depart but inbound flights can land but are not being offloaded at the terminal.

UPDATE 11:50 CST: Reports are coming in that arriving flights are being allowed to land, but not disboard. Flights are remaining on tarmac loaded
with passengers. Passenger in terminal being interviewed by CNN is reporting that this has been an ongoing situation for approximately 2 hours. That
a bomb squad was brought in approximately 1 hour ago and there appears to be a bomb threat at this time.

UPDATE 11:54 CST: Fox is reporting that there "is no evidence of terrorist activity" and LAX is shut down because of a piece of baggage without an
owner. The FAA invidividual interviewed confirmed there are three airports currently shut down. No explanation on the other airports.

UPDATE 12:02 CST: CNN reports that Homeland Security states there was NO explosion.

UPDATE 12:07 CST: CNN reporting that explosion was due to "corroded batteries in flashlight" which caused an explosion at a security station.

UPDATE 12:37 CST: CNN reports that "an explosive detection system machine got a positive reading from a corroded battery in a flashlight" while DHS
states it has no knowledge of an explosion.

UPDATE 12:58 CST: LA Times updates its story restating flashlight battery explosion and confirmation of "several injuries". States the two
incidents happened within 30 minutes of each other. States 4 terminals closed. Mainly United Airlines affected. Southwest airlines states it has
had uninterrupted operations out of Terminal 1.

UPDATE 1:06 CST: CNN states all arriving traffic to LAX is being diverted. No longer allowed to land. But MSNBC reports flights are being allowed
to depart.

UPDATE 1:10 CST: member netbound still does not see evidence of departing flights in a westerly direction.

At 9:50 AM, Pacific Standard Time - CNN - is saying the explosion was due to corroded batteries in a flashlight (possible, but unlikely) caused the
explosion) and the second incident is a "suspicious am" at the airport. They continued saying hat 3 terminals were shut down and have been for over
2 hours. More information as it is provided.

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles International Airport was shut down early Saturday because of a possible security breach and a separate incident at an
international terminal security screening station, an airport spokesman said.

Hi - I live in Redondo Beach, CA, right on the ocean. I can clearly see about 50 miles of coastline from where I'm sitting. I have a clear shot to
the airport from here. It's about 12 miles from here, but I can see clearly when planes take off, as they take off over the ocean. At night it
sometimes looks like fire flies hanginmg in the air when it's crowded. I see no traffic as of this moment (10:20 am pst). If I see any activity I'll
report in ...

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